We’re all guilty of being distracted at the gym, but whether you’re bored, stressed or just plain over it, there are ways to get your body and brain back into a routine and on the way to results-ville.

Love ’em or hate ’em, planks are one of the best moves you can do to strengthen your entire core top to bottom, side to side and around the middle. Here’s the lowdown on doing this move properly in order to forge abs of steel.